It's not who you know, it's how you know them: Who exchanges what with whom?

Social Networks

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-429

  Plickert, Gabriele ^a   Côté, Rochelle R ^a   Wellman, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Networks; Reciprocity; Relationships; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250777390     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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